Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - CORPORATISM.
An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen in a democracy.
The particular imbalance of this ideology leads to a
worship of self-interest and a denial of the public good.
The practical effects on the individual are passivity and conformism in the areas that matter, and non-conformism in the areas that don't.
John Ralston Saul

05 July, 2009

PRIVAT vs PUBLIC

The Bottom Line - Privatizing The WorldKnowledge Network Documentary about privatization of mother earth. Stars a couple of scholars and is brought to you in full colour...Tags: capitalism, vandana shiva, privatizaton

The Bottom Line: Privatizing the World (2002)

Just as God created the World in seven days, today the All Powerfull Businessman is intending to sell it -in seven days. His ultimate goal: to declare the Total Market.Using an effective parody of the "Voice-Of-God" documentary style, the film shows the consequences of the world is submission to private interests: a Canadian farmer is sued by Monsanto because patented seeds brought by the wind were growing in its fields; traditional knowledge is being patented in India; American people without insurance are denied healthcare, businessmen want to sell the Canadian fresh water to the highest bidder while thousands of people in the world are desperately needing it... etc.Can the human community survive if all elements essential to life (water, healthcare etc.) and all elements forming the very basis of life itself (genes) become commercial goods? Will human rights prevail on corporate private profits?http://www.lesproductionsisca.ca/en/films.htmsee also: Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine (2007)_ConCen.torrent. "DIV3"): DX50/DIVX00:53:08

In today's world, the goals of a committed anarchist should be to defend some state institutions from the attack against them, while trying at the same time to pry them open to more meaningful public participation— and ultimately, to dismantle them in a much more free society, if the appropriate circumstances can be achieved.Noam Chomsky